Lowemission and climateresilient development pathways expert workshop organised in the context of the oecd project on growth, investment and the lowcarbon transition. Uganda vision 2040 recognizes the need to develop appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies on climate change over the vision period and to ensure that the country is cushioned from the associated adverse impacts. South africas lowemission development strategy sa leds 2050. Guidance manuals and toolkits for green, lowemission and. Countries pursuing low emission development strategies leds aim to grow their economy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing resilience to climate change impacts, and achieving social development and environmental goals.
A major barrier to financing lowcarbon, climateresilient i nfrastructure is the lack of robust implementing entities, particularly entities with a strong understanding of sustainability and. Climateresilient development is about adding considerations of climate variability and climate change to development decisionmaking in order to ensure that progress toward development goals now includes consideration of climate impacts. Introduction to climate resilient low emission development. Lowemission and climateresilient development pathways. Lowemission development strategy leds aim of a leds a lowemission development strategy leds is a national, highlevel, comprehensive, longterm strategy, developed by domestic stakeholders, which aims at decoupling economic growth and social development from greenhousegas ghg emissions growth. Develop a multistakeholder climate planning process step 2. The strategy set forth three overarching objectivesadaptation, integration and mitigationpursued through three areas of activityadaptation, clean energy and sustainable landscapes. Identify strategic options leading to lowemission, climate resilient development step 4. Low emission development strategies global partnership.
Climateresilient low emission development in bangladesh fact sheet, enhancing capacity for low emission development strategies ecleds author. Integrating climate resilience in policy and planning of low emission development strategies climate resilient pathways can be achieved through low emission development strategies leds. Thus, it is imperative to develop longterm, lowcarbon, climateresilient development strategies into which the ndcs and other shortterm development goals will feed. Our aim is to empower maldivians to take the concept of low emission and climate resilient development forward. The republic of uganda national strategy and action plan. It should consider development and resilience in parallel. The united nations development programme undp has been producing a series of manuals, guidebooks and toolkits that draw upon the experience and information generated by undps support for climate change adaptation and mitigation projects and national communications to the unfccc in some 140 cou. Constructing a climateresilient future for the g20.
Leds are countryled and countryspecific strategic plans to promote economic growth while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas ghg emissions over the long term, providing a framework. The manuals and guidebooks draw upon the experience and information generated by undps support for climate change adaptation and mitigation projects and national communications to the united. It is also an opportunity to see the mitigation and adaptation measures that will stimulate sustainable development. It is important to react and anticipate the impacts of climate change in kosovo. Identify strategic options leading to lowemission climateresilient development trajectories 16. Formulating climate change scenarios to inform climate. Preparing lowemission climateresilient development. Low emission, climate resilient development how the urbanleds project is building an integrated approach 20172021. Adopting such an inclusive, lowemission and climateresilient growth agenda would be an opportunity to reorient g20 growth objectives as the 2014 brisbane. Prepare climate change profiles and vulnerability scenarios 15 step 3. A low emission development strategy is indispensable for sustainable development paris agreement 2015 article 4, paragraph 19 all parties should strive to formulate and communicate longterm low greenhouse gas emission development strategies, mindful of article 2 taking into account their common but differentiated. Develop a multistakeholder planning process 14 step 2.
Euundp european unionunited nations development programme no date. Key stages in preparing a low emission climate resilient development strategy step 1. Lowemission climateresilient development strategy flowchart step 1. Kenya has developed policies that align with these leds outcomes. Bangladesh is widely considered to be one of the nations most threatened by climate change. Low emission development strategies leds sustainable. These strategies are designed to include development policies and measures that emit relatively fewer greenhouse gases than traditional development strategies. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Options for low emission development in the uganda dairy sector vi which are characterized by small herd sizes, low animal productivity, small land holdings, and greater dependence on family labour and the informal market. Traditional smallholder farming represent 98 percent of the national dairy herd, and produce 86 percent of the milk. Financing pathways for low emissions and climate resilient. Undp has been producing a series of manuals, guidebooks and toolkits that draw upon the experience and information generated by undps support for climate change adaptation and mitigation projects and national communications to the unfccc in some 140. The lowcarbon climateresilient development strategy will not only serve as the programmatic nexus for capturing conventional and innovative sources of sustainable development and climate financing, but should also assist facilitate dominicas transformation to a climateresilient economy while implementing, monitoring and building. This strategy is the initial step in the management policy process of the mitigation of ghg and adaption to climate change for the next ten years.
Citylinks primer international citycounty management. Usaid kenya, in partnership with the united nations development program undp, supports kenyas efforts to pursue longterm, transformative development and accelerate sustainable, climateresilient economic growth while slowing the growth of greenhouse gas emissions. These strategies seek to achieve social, economic and environmental development goals while reducing. The programme will assist the laamu atoll and its islands to realize low emission and climate resilient development lecred. Resilient development strategies, developed by the united nations development programme, is a guidebook to assist national and sub. Green lecrds means green, lowemission and climateresilient development strategies. These plans effectively enable countries to identify options for transitioning. The role of legal instruments to support green low. Oecd ilibrary lowemission development strategies leds. Green, lowemission and climateresilient development. However, a longterm approach is necessary to define the development aspirations in a changing climate.
Public climate finance will continue to play a key role in supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation, especially in the least developed countries ldcs and other particularly vulnerable developing countries. Financing the transition to low emission and climate. Distinctive features of the sap funding proposal template are. Climateresilient pathways are development trajectories that combine adaptation and mitigation to realize the goal of sustainable development. The low emissions development strategies global partnership leds gp aims to advance climateresilient low emission development and support transitions to a lowcarbon economy through coordination, information exchange and cooperation among countries and programs working to advance lowemission economic growth. The low emission development strategies global partnership leds gp. The primer is an introduction to the key principles and practices of low carbon, climate resilient development. Climateresilient development requires moving beyond climateprooing the development agenda. Lowemission development strategies leds technical, institutional and policy lessons the term lowemission development strategies leds first emerged under the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc in 2008 and its possible role in a future climate framework continues to be debated. Low emission development strategies, also known as longterm strategies lts, are a key tool to bridge national sustainable development and climate mitigation objectives. This publication focuses on the formulation of climatechange scenarios as a tool to inform lowemission climateresilient development strategies.
Prepare countries to benefit from emerging architecture low emission climate resilient development strategy. This updated flyer highlights adb s commitments and climate action in asia and the pacific in line with strategy 2030. Sap0 inclusive green financing for climate resilient and. This report is an executive summary of a series of manuals and guidebooks in support of lowemission climateresilient development strategy lecrds. Exploring trends in lowcarbon, climateresilient development 1 introduction in recent years, the concept of lowcarbon, climateresilient development lccrd has emerged as a key way of framing policy and action to address climate change, capturing the need for mitigation and adaptation efforts to be. The republic of uganda national strategy and action. Advancing climateresilient, lowemission development around the world many countries around the world are designing and implementing lowemission development strategies leds. This template is for the sap funding proposals and is different from the funding proposal template under the standard project and programme cycle. Concluding in september 2018, the strategy guided usaids work assisting countries in their move toward climateresilient, lowemission economic development. Undpalmandrea egan, niue the views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the. Prepare climate change profiles and vulnerability scenarios step 3. Low emission and climate resilient development plans lecr comprises a series of economy wide andor sector specific actions by countries to be implemented over the short, medium and long term.
Low emissions climate resilient development archive. Formulating longterm, climateresilient development. As part of the paris agreement, these strategies provide an important policy. This chapter integrates a variety of complex concepts in assessing climateresilient pathways. Education for low emission climate resilient development. Executive summary preparing lowemission climateresilient development strategies. It includes resources and organizations which provide more indepth guidance on planning and implementation. Introduction to climate resilient low emission development strategies ron benioff director, leds global partnership april 16, 2015 marrakech, morocco leds global partnership leds gp catalyzes action and collaboration across more than 160 countries and international organizations regional platforms define priorities and conduct. Success on this front requires a collecive vision, as well as strong acion. The low emission development strategies global partnership.
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